Sunday, 29 July 2012

Solar system and planets:


Sun:
source: solarsystem.nasa.gov
·         Diameter is 13,90,000 km.
·         Distance from earth is 14,95,98,261 km. (1 AU).
·         Density is 1.41  gm/cm3
·         Majority of Hydrogen and Helium gas. Other gases are of 1%.
·         Surface temperature is approximately 5500 degree Celsius.
·         Temperature of core is near to 20 million degree Celsius.
·         Distance from galactic centre is 28000 light years.
·         28000 light year of diameter leads to periphery of 1,75,929 light years.  
·         Speed around galactic centre is 220 km/ sec.
·         Sun takes 23,99,03,182 years to complete one cycle around galactic    centre.  
·         Nearest star to sun is Proxima Centauri, distance is 4.3 light years.
·         Timely it generates cyclone which have impact on earth also.
·         Weekend name Sunday is given for sun. It is also known as Ravivaar.


            Mercury:
source: starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov 














·         Diameter is 4879.40 km.
·         Distance from sun is 5,79,09,226 km. (0.39 AU).
·         Density is 5.427  gm/cm3.
·         Surface is made up of stone and metal. 
·         Temperature ranges between - 180 to 430 degree Celsius.
·         Speed around sun is 47.87 km/sec.
·         Time required to complete one circle around sun is 87.97 earth days.  
·         It does not have moon.

Venus:
source: i.space.com/images 














·         Diameter is 12103.60 km.
·         Distance from sun is 10,82,09,475 km. (0.72 AU). 
·         Density is 5.204  gm/cm3.
·         We can see this planet by naked eye from earth.
·         Structure is based on the pattern between earth and mercury. 
·         Temperature ranges between - 220 to 460 degree Celsius.
·         Speed around sun is 35.02 km/sec.
·         Time require to complete one cycle around sun is 224.70 earth days.  
·         It does not have moon.


Earth:
source: eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov













·         Diameter is 12,756 km.
·         Distance from sun is 14,95,98,261 km. (1 AU).
·         Density is 5.515  gm/ cm3.
·         In the form of panchmahabhut i.e. space, air, light, water, earth. 
·         Temperature ranges between - 89.2 to 58 degree Celsius.
·         Speed around sun is 29.78 km/ sec.
·         Time require to complete one cycle around sun is 365.256363004 days.
·         Earth has one moon.  
·         Earth is positioned at 23.44 degree tilt from axes from North Pole to South Pole.


Mars:
source: planetfacts.org













·         Diameter is 6792.38 km.
·         Distance from sun is 22,79,43,822 km. (1.52 AU).
·         Density is 3.9334  gm/cm3.
·         Iron composition, red planet. 
·         Temperature ranges between -88 to -5 degree Celsius.
·         Speed around sun is 24.08 km/sec.
·         Time require to complete one cycle around sun is 686.97 earth days.
·         It has two small moons out of which one is of 22 km diameter and another is of 12 km diameter.   


Jupiter:
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·         Largest planet of solar system.
·         Diameter is 1,42,984 km.
·         Distance from sun is 77,83,40,817 km. (5.20 AU).
·         Density is 1.33  gm/cm3.
·         Majority in the form of gases. 
·         Temperature ranges between - 110 to 70 degree Celsius.  
·         Speed around sun is 13.07 km/sec.
·         Time require to complete one cycle around sun is 11.86 earth years.  
·         It has 12 major moons. However, it has total 66 discovered moons. 


Saturn:
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·         Second largest planet of solar system.
·         Diameter is 1,20,536 km.
·         Distance from sun is 1,42,66,66,414 km. (9.54 AU).
·         Density is 0.687  gm/cm3.
·         Majority in the form of gases. It has continuous 9 rings and 3 discontinuous rings. 
·         Temperature ranges between -250 to - 70 degree Celsius.  
·         Speed around sun is 9.69 km/ sec.
·         Time required to complete one cycle around sun is 29.46 earth years.  
·         It has major 9 moons. However, it has total 62 discovered moons.    


Uranus:
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·         Diameter is 51,118 km.
·         Distance from sun is 2,87,06,58,170 km. (19.19 AU).
·         Density is 1.27  gm/cm3.
·         Majority in the form of gases and ice.  
·         Temperature ranges between  - 210 to -200 degree Celsius.
·         Speed around sun is 6.81 km/sec.
·         Time required to complete one cycle around sun is 84.32 earth days.
·         It has major 5 moons. However, it has total 27 discovered moons.   


Neptune:
source: solarsystem.nasa.gov








·         Diameter is 49,528  km.
·         Distance from sun is 4,49,83,96,417 km. (30.07 AU).
·         Density is 1.64  gm/cm3.
·         Mathematically discovered planet. 
·         Temperature ranges between - 230 to -220 degree Celsius.  
·         Speed around sun is 5.43 km/sec.
·         Time required to complete one cycle around sun is 164.79 earth years.
·         It has major 2 moons. However, it has total 13 discovered moons.   


Pluto:
source: hubble.hq.eso.org











·         Ninth planet of the solar system
·         Diameter is 2302  km.
·         Distance from sun is 5,90,64,40,596 km. (39.48 AU).
·         Density is 2.05  gm/cm3.
·         Temperature ranges between - 235 to -210 degree Celsius.  
·         Speed around sun is 4.666 km/sec.
·         Time required to complete one cycle around sun is 248.09 earth years.
·         It has major one moon. However, it has total 3 discovered moons.   


(Note: Mathematically and Mythically, Pluto does note possess any characteristic of planet, so it should be removed from the list of planet. So there are only eight planets. ) 

Temperature mentioned for each planet is its maximum and minimum temperature noticed on different time and on different places of the planet.

Moon:
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·         This moon is earth moon.
·         Diameter is 3475  km.
·         Distance from earth is 3,84,405 km. (39.48 AU).
·         Density is 3.35  gm/cm3.
·         Majority in the form of stone and silicon.
·         It does not have atmosphere.
·         Day temperature ranges between 107 to 123 degree Celsius.  
·         Night temperature reduces to -153 degree Celsius.  
·         Speed around earth is 1.022 km/sec.
·         Time required to complete one cycle around earth is 27.32 earth years.
·         Direction of moving is from west to east. 
·         Lunar day is bigger than solar day.
·         It leads to tides in the ocean.
·     Based on the positions of moon in the Zodiac signs, the lunar year and panchang have been designed. 
·         Lunar year is of 354 days.
·       15 days contributes to Full moon and 15 days contributes to new moon.
·         One additional month is added in lunar year.
·     Moon is moving around the earth at 5.14 degree to the line connected to earth and sun. Whenever, sun, moon and earth are aligned, result in solar eclipse.